Hay Bill, tell us how you really feel :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Champ Car/IRL Deal
> Hello,
>
> Tony MAY have helped to ruin open wheel racing the the US,
> but he did what HE had to do. The people in charge of USAC
> at the time thought that they could dictate to the track
> owners what their (the track owners) share of the profits
> would be. Tony George, stood up to USAC and said if they
> wanted to use HIS track they could pay him what HE thought it
> was worth,, not what they SAID it was worth. and to prove his
> point he told them that if they didn't like it they could go
> race elsewhere. .. when they took him up on his offer to do
> just that, he started a racing series to use HIS track. ...
> it wasn't long before USAC esentially closed up shop. They
> weren't as powerful as they thought they were... good
> riddance!.. CART picked up the remains and soldiered on but
> but slowly and surely they too are/were/have been headed
> towards bankruptcy. .... Tony George may have been/may be/ IS
> an egomaniac who helped to destroy open wheel, BUT... ....
> he wasn't going to take any crap from people without the
> power to be able to make him eat it... .... more power to
> him!...HIS track.... HIS rules...... or go somewhere else
> then close up shop,........ ....
>
> Tony George brought back F-1 to the US ... also at his
> track... and now that Bernie Ecclestone has tried to dictate
> financial arrangements, George told HIM to go back to Europe
> too!.. ... while i hate NOT to have a US F-1 race, .. SCREW
> ECCLESTONE! no one should HAVE to take that crap either!,
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> --
> Best regards,
> Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
> '66 Sprite
> Kelso, WA. USA
> Life is short. So buy the shoes!
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